ANDREA PININFARINA, head of the Italian car design company, has died in a motorcycle crash earlier today.
Pininfarina's motorcycle collided with a car about 8:15 a.m. in Trofarello near the northern city of Turin, Italy, police officials said. "The chairman and CEO died in an accident today." a company spokeswoman said, declining to give more details.
Pininfarina, who was 51, was chairman and chief executive officer of the company his family founded in 1930. Andrea Pininfarina was the grandson of the founder, Battista "Pinin" Farina.
Pininfarina SpA has designed a string of timeless classics for Ferrari, Alfa Romeo, Fiat and Ford, to name a few.
